Oxy-Pred

Oxygen Binding Proteins

OxyPred is to predict the Oxygen Binding Proteins, Which is carrying
Erythrocruorin, Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Hemerithrin, Leghemoglobin
and Hemocyanin. These Proteins working as a Oxygen transport and binding
throughout the animal and plant kingdom. Other organisms including
Bacteria, Protozoans and Fungi all have hemoglobin like proteins,
their known and predicted roles include the reversible binding of
gaseous ligands.

Myoglobin: Found in the muscle tissue of many vertebrates including
humans (gives muscle tissue a distinct red or dark gray color). Is
very similar to hemoglobin in structure and sequence, but is not arranged
in tetramers, it is a monomer and lacks cooperative binding and is
used to store oxygen rather than transport it.

Hemocyanin: Second most common oxygen transporting protein found
in nature. Found in the blood of many arthropods and molluscs. Uses
copper prosthetic group instead of iron heme groups and is blue in
color when oxygenated.

Hemerythrin: Some marine invertebrates and a few species of annelid
use this iron containing non-heme protein to carry oxygen in their
blood. Appears pink/violet when oxygenated, clear when not.

Erythrocruorin: Found in many annelids, including earthworms. Giant
free-floating blood protein, contains many dozens even hundreds of
Iron heme containing protein subunits bound together into a single
protein complex with a molecular masses greater than 3.5 million daltons.

Leghemoglobin: In leguminous plants, such as alfalfa or soybeans,
the nitrogen fixing bacteria in the roots are protected from oxygen
by this iron heme containing, oxygen binding protein.